February Is National Children's Dental Health Month

The American Dental Association (ADA) was established in 1859. Today, we have more than152,000 members. As the world’s largest and oldest national dental association, they are the oral health authority committed to both the public and the dental profession.

The American Dental Association held the first national observance of Children's Dental Health Day on February 8, 1949. This single day observance became a weeklong event in 1955. In 1981, the program was extended to a month-long celebration known today as National Children's Dental Health Month.

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